| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1963 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 23147 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 18 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Charlie Mitchell 90 kickoff return (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 43 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Freddy Glick 18 interception return (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Willard Dewveall 9 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mickey Slaughter 4 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 76 | LOT | Harold Olson |
| 67 | LOG | Bob McCullough |
| 72 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 62 | ROG | Ernie Barnes |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 88 | TE | Gene Prebola |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 27 | HB | Charlie Mitchell |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 3 | FB | Billy Joe |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Ray Jacobs |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 51 | LLB | Leon Simmons |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 55 | RLB | Jim Fraser |
| 47 | LCB | John McGeever |
| 46 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 26 | RCB | Tommy Janik |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Willard Dewveall |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 63 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 32 | HB | Dave Smith |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 74 | LDT | Dudley Meredith |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 33 | MLB | Gene Babb |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 23 | RCB | Bobby Jancik |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Joe | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 3 | 28 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | 20.4 | ||
| Mickey Slaughter | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 73 | 6.6 | 34 | 0 | 67.6 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 1 | 218 | 7.3 | 63 | 1 | 71.2 | ||
| Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Joe | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 63 | 0 |
| Willard Dewveall | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John McGeever | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tony Banfield | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 1 | ||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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